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" How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart? "
Lou Holtz
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" Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated. "
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" I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for. "
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" Football coaches don't have real problems. "
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" In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities. "
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" Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. "
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" We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.' "
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" I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them. "
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" When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin. "
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" I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go. "
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" My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for. "
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" I'm no genius. "
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" As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it. "
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" When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least. "
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" I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known. "
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" For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven. "
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" Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it. "
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" I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did. "
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" Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes. "
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" I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. "
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" All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them. "
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" To win a national championship, you've got to be a little lucky. "
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